Sonargöltr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sonargöltr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sonargöltr" (or sonargǫltr) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

sonargöltr (sonargǫltr): sonargöltr, m. ledende eller største Galt i Svinehjorden; var fram leiddr sonar-göltr, lögðu menn þar á hendr sínar,ok strengðu menn þá heit at bragar-fulli Hjörv. 30, Prosaen; jólaaptan skyldileiða sonargöltinn í höll firir konung;lögðu menn þá hendr yfir burst hansok strengja heit Herv. 23313 (Fld. I,5321); (ags. sunor, Svinehjord; longob.sonarpair dvs. verres qui omnes aliosverres in grege batuit et vincit; jvfSievers Beiträge XVI s. 540-44).

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, sonargöltr may be more accurately written as sonargǫltr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚮᚿᛆᚱᚵᚯᛚᛏᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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